Can I pre-wilt spinach?

[Pennies]

I've just harvested over a kilo of spinach from my veg patch and spent bloody hours washing all the caterpillar eggs off it all.

My recipe only asks for 200g of spinach, so I was wondering if I can pre-wilt the other stuff and store it in the fridge for use tomorrow in something else. I'm making pastry parcels and only have enough pastry to make one batch for now.

The reason I ask is that there were so many eggs I'm worried that I missed some and they'll hatch and eat / crawl all over my spinach. Obv if I cook it that will kill any remaining eggs.

I would. I'd pop it in a hot dry pan and keep it moving. You could freeze the excess if you wanted. Good for in cannaloni or currys. Just freeze in small portions then chuck in a bag once frozen. Btw think the cold of the fridge would probaly discourage any eggs from hatching.